Principal Network Engineer
Oracle
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This role pays more than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $144,362–$195,150 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $226k versus about $170k for comparable roles.
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Oracle Corporation is a leading multinational technology company specializing in database software, cloud computing, and enterprise software.
Oracle currently has 955 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $102,300–$234,600 across 790 roles with salary data.
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The Lead Principal Network Engineer - Internet Edge will join the team to set the technical direction and roadmap for internet transit, peering, private interconnects, and DDoS protection. This role involves defining routing policies, designing resilient connectivity, and forecasting capacity for high-volume media workloads. You will build multi-region architectures for IP planning and routing using BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, EVPN, and VXLAN. Key responsibilities include implementing SDN overlays, VPC/VNet hub-and-spoke designs, and L4/L7 load balancing. You will utilize Terraform, Ansible, Python, and APIs to drive infrastructure as code and CI/CD pipelines. The role solves complex connectivity and routing problems, ensuring high availability and performance across internet exchanges while managing security controls like IPsec, TLS, and zero-trust segmentation.
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